From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 4/5/2007 6:32 AM Hairi Ersoi (Turkey) became member of Writers’ Union of Abkhazia 3.4.2007
Hairi Ersoi (Kutarba), Turkish writer of Abkhazian origin visited Maykop the last week. The visitor told in his conversation with Natpress editor that recently he had become a member of the Writes’ Union of Abkhazia. That happened unexpectedly, he was invited to the last assembly of the World congress of Abazino-Abkhazian people that passed in Sukhum, where he found out that he was awarded with such honour.
Adygeya capital, as he said, looked just the way he imagined to himself: a beautiful, tidy and affable town. His main feeling that caused by the visiting of the republic was: he would like to return there again. He stayed in Maykop for a week, went to the mountains, visited the ... >>full artcle...
4/4/2007 Shamba: Georgia getting ready for war on Abkhazia
The main threat to stability originates from Georgia and the top Georgian officials who hide their true aims behind peace-loving rhetoric. Sergey Shamba, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia, made this statement to the correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot" while giving his comments to the Georgian president Mikhail Saakashvili's statement that "Georgia will be ready to respond by aggression to the initiative of Russia of acknowledging Abkhazia and South Ossetia." We note here that Mikhail Saakashvili made this statement in his interview to the German newspaper "Suddeutsche Zeitung."
"We have already repeatedly confronted not only bellicose statements, but Georgia's actions - in 1992, 1998 and 2001," - Minister Shamba reminded. "The outcomes are globally known, and now speaking ... >>full artcle...
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 4/1/2007 4:05 PM Abkhazian language set for diaspora
Sokhum/Agency Caucasus- Abkhazia is working to protect Abkhazian language which is disappearing in diaspora.
Abkhazian language education set for Abkhazians in was prepared by Abkhazian Development Foundation.
Abkhazian language set contains voice records. Mair Amichba, from the foundation, said that they firstly targeted the Abkhazian children who live far form their homeland in the project.
The Foundation will start to distribute the language education set in in next weeks. In his explanation made for official site of Abkhazian Presidency, "We should figure our mother tongue in a way that not only Abkhazians living in Abkhazia but also all Abkhazians living in different countries can learn. This is also an important step for Abkhazians on the way of returning to homeland" said Amichba. CY/FT
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 4/1/2007 11:39 PM Man Held As Slave in Georgia for 15 Years By Oleg Liakhovich The Moscow News
A Russian man held captive for 15 years in Georgia, where he was allegedly used as a slave, was handed over to Russia by Abkhazian security services. Vladimir Obidin, 68, was detained March 6 in a village after he crossed the border between Georgia and its breakaway republic of Abkhazia. According to Abkhazia's security services chief Yuri Akshuba, this is not the first time when escaped captives have turned to them for help.
The man did not have any documents and claimed to have spent the last 15 years on a private farm in Georgia's Svanetia district, where he was held against his will and used as a farm hand. Several of his previous escape ... >>full artcle...
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